Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Current Issues in the Development and Prevention of Crime
Course Code
JF_096
Branch of Science
Law
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Juridical Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Andrejs Vilks
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To provide students of the Master’s study programme with knowledge of the current trends in the development of crime and the possibilities of preventing and combating crime.
To promote the students' understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature.
Students are able to carry out research in the field of crime awareness. Analyse criminological processes in a creative and constructive manner, substantiate their opinion.
Preliminary Knowledge
Criminology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge of criminological theories and schools, crime and other anti-social phenomena, determinants thereof, and learning about the criminal’s identity, theoretical and practical problems in preventing and combating crime.
Skills
1.Students acquire the skills and abilities to independently analyse different approaches, evaluating criminal phenomena and processes. Students have a broad understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature.
Competences
1.Students are able to independently forecast trends in the development of the criminogenic situation and to choose the best response methods. Students are able to carry out research in the field of crime awareness. Analyse criminological processes in a creative and constructive manner, substantiate their opinion.
Assessment
Individual work
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A report. The topic of the report must be agreed with the lecturer and the report must be presented.
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Students are assessed according to the RSU Academic Regulations I.
The presented report, relevance of the content thereof, and the final exam are evaluated. The final assessment depends on the sum of the assessment of the report and the exam (the grade of the exam is decisive).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Auditorium
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2
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Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime.
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Terrorism in the modern world.
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Terrorism in the modern world.
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Anthropological school of crime. Psychological school of crime.
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Anthropological school of crime. Psychological school of crime.
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Sociological school of crime.
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Modern criminological theories and schools.
The global crisis and the problems related to the development and prevention of crime.
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Modern criminological theories and schools.
The global crisis and the problems related to the development and prevention of crime.
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Presentation of reports.
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Presentation of reports.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime.
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Lecture
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Terrorism in the modern world.
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Anthropological school of crime. Psychological school of crime.
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Lecture
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On site
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Auditorium
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Sociological school of crime.
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Modern criminological theories and schools.
The global crisis and the problems related to the development and prevention of crime.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Presentation of reports.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
12 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Frank E. Hagan and Leah Elizabeth Daigle. Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior. Tenth Edition. Pieejams: https://edge.sagepub.com/hagan10e
2.
Kriminoloģija. R., Nordik, 2004.
Additional Reading
1.
Drošība un tiesiskums Latvijā. Zinātnisko rakstu krājums. Latvijas universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. Rīga, 2007.
2.
Birkavs V. Zinātne – pret noziedzību. R., 1986.
3.
Griķis J. Par noziedzības sociāliem cēloņiem Latvijā. Kriminālstatistisks apskats. Tieslietu ministrijas vēstnesis. R., 1924.
4.
Krastiņš I. Tiesību doktrīnas. R., 1996.
5.
Krastiņš I. Tiesību teorijas pamatjēdzieni. R., 1996.
6.
Krastiņš U. Mācība par nozieguma sastāvu. R., 1994.
7.
Kristapsone S. Noziedzība Latvijā (noziedzību noteicošie sociāli ekonomiskie faktori Latvijā 90.gados). R., ‘’Raka’’, 2003.
8.
Krugļevskis A Kriminālpolitika. Lekcijas. R., 1934,
9.
Likumpārkāpumi un sabiedrībai nevēlamas parādības. Statikas datu krājums. R., 2003.
10.
LZP ekonomikas un juridiskās zinātnes galvenie pētījumu virzieni 1994. – 1996. g. R., 1997.
11.
Meļķisis E. No tiesību filozofijas vēstures. R., 1997.
12.
Stumbiņa Ē., Birkavs V., Niedre A. Kriminoloģija. R., 1981.
13.
Ugrjumovs A. Noziedzības cēloņi un apkarošanas līdzekļi. Tieslietu ministrijas vēstnesis. R., 1922., Nr. 6
14.
Vilks A. Deviantoloģija. Mācība par uzvedības sociālajām novirzēm.R., Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2001.
15.
Vilks A. Latvijas kriminālās dimensijas: tendenču analīzes un nākotnes vīzijas//Sociālekonomiskā procesa trajektorija Latvijā laikā no 1985. līdz 2002. gadam. Kur tā ved Latviju? : zinātnisks pēt– Ventspils, Ventspils Augstskola, 2002. – 319-333 lpp.
16.
Vilks A. Cilvēku un viņu orgānu tirdzniecība: kriminoloģiskās, politiskās un sociālās problēmas.Ieskats XXI gadsimta kriminālajās reālijās. R., BAAF, 2002.
17.
Кондратюк Л.В, В.С.Овчинский Криминологическое измерение. Москва, Норма, 2008.
18.
Adler F., Mueller G.O.W., Laufer W.S. Criminology. 2 d. Ed. N.Y., 1995.
19.
Binder A., Gilbert G. Methods of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice. N.Y., 1983.
20.
Crime and Criminology. 3 d. Ed. N.Y., 1981.
21.
Eisenberg U. Krimonologie, 4 d. Ed., 1995.
22.
David Garland THE CULTURE OF CONTROL.Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. XIII, 307 p.
23.
Kaiser G., Kerner J.H., Sock F., Schellhops H Kleines Krimonologisches Worterbuch. Stutgart, 1993.
24.
Siegel L.J. Criminology: theories, patterns arn typologies. West, 1992.
25.
Amerikas kriminologu asociācija – http://asc41.com/
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Kriminoloģijas Interneta mega saits – http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/criminology.htm
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ASV kritiskās kriminoloģijas saits – http://critcrim.org/
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Skandināvijas Kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome – http://www.nsfk.org/
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Austrālijas kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome – http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/
30.
Kembridžas universitātes kriminoloģijas saits – http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/
31.
Kriminoloģisko teoriju saits – http://www.crimetheory.com/
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Eiropas noziedzības novēršanas un kontroles institūts (HEUNI) – http://www.heuni.fi/
33.
Pasaules kriminālās tiesvedības elektroniskā biblioteka – http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/~vylen/WCJ/
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Eiropols – http://www.europol.eu.int/
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Interpols – http://www.interpol.int/
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Teorētiskās kriminoloģijas saits – http://tcr.sagepub.com/
37.
Britānijas kriminoloģijas padome – http://www.britsoccrim.org/
38.
Eiropas Kriminoloģijas padome – http://esc-eurocrim.org/
Other Information Sources
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